Missing printings, card numbers, editions for specific cards (Page 4 of 34)

Just helping when I can.

Ajani Vengeant promo has two versions in the database: "Launch Parties (Card #4)" and "Prerelease Events (Card #38)".  They both show the exact same card image.  This can't be right, can it?

And how are you supposed to tell which is which?  Note that the "Launch Parties" edition has no price data on that page.  I think the issue here is that the same card (with the same date stamped in foil) was given out at both the prerelease and the launch party events.  It's the same card, from the same stock.  That it was given out at two different events doesn't make them different editions.

Last edited by IronMagus (2014-09-03 22:00:03)

Yes, magiccards.info also has one entry for each of these...

http://magiccards.info/mlp/en/4.html
http://magiccards.info/ptc/en/38.html

Kind of, but the Suture Priests at least came from different stock.  The ones given out as promos weren't pulled from the same card pool that would later be put in booster packs.  What I mean by this is that there were sheets printed that consisted of nothing but Suture Priests and Pristine Talismans.  These were cut up, packaged in pairs, and distributed to event coordinators to hand out to the players on Game Day.  The ones in booster packs, on the other hand, came from a separate print run of regular common sheets that were printed with one of each common, then cut up and randomized before being inserted into the packs.  The two versions of the card may look identical to each other, but they do still come from different sources, even if there's no way to actually determine which is which, after the fact.

With Ajani V., it's a different story.  There were no two separate versions.  Event coordinators received a large supply of Ajani V. promos, and were told to "give some of these out at the Prerelease event, and then just give the rest of them out at the Launch Party a week later."  There was no separate source for the "Prerelase" and "Launch Party" versions of the card, because they aren't two different versions.  Whether you got your copy at the Launch Party or a week earlier, they come from the same place either way.  But my promo Suture Priest is still something "special," different from the ones in booster packs, even if no one knows it but me.

Also true.  My point is just that while there may be no discernable difference between the promo and regular Suture Priests, there is still some difference (in that they come from different sources), but there is no difference at all in the Ajani V. promos because they came from the exact same stock.

But for the purposes of this site, that is not a meaningful distinction, because there is no way to verify it (unless you have it sealed, in which case you would list it differently.)

Since the "promo" Suture Priest was released in a sealed pack sort of thing it makes sense to keep that version as an option. When I suggested it be removed I didn't know it was released in a sealed package.

There are a ton of things that weren't distributed to players that end up in their hands anyway. Summer magic is probably the most famous.

They were in booster packs and boxes like any other set. In regards to Suture Priest, even though the "promo" version looks identical to a pack version the fact that the promo version could be distinguishable means it should probably stay as an option.

Just a heads-up, the FNM promo banishing light doesn't seem to have an entry yet.

Both were added earlier today, see announcements thread.